The importance of biological diversity to human society is hard to overstate. An estimated 40 per cent of the global economy is based on biological products and processes. Poor people, especially those living in areas of low agricultural productivity, depend especially heavily on the genetic diversity of the environment. More »

Gorillas on Thin Ice
As part of the 2009 international Year of the Gorilla (YoG), co-ordinated by the United Nations and to herald the Charles Darwin bi-centenary celebrations next month...More

Greece with its huge marine biodiversity can be considered as the most important habitat for marine mammals in the ACCOBAMS agreement area... More

The International Day for Biological Diversity

Theme: Invasive Alien Species
22 May 2009